I have been doing captures on my system, and have run across something I don't understand.
My capture system consists of the following hardware:
P4 @3Ghz, 1GB RAM, 200GB HD space
Bt8x8 style capture card (it's actually an Osprey 2000, but I'm not using the onboard hardware encoders)
Sony SLV-770HF VHS deck
AVTool AVT8710 TBC
Vidicraft HVE100 Video Enhancer (this has all the same functions of the Vidicraft III)
...and software...
VirtualDub
Huffyuv 2.1.1
TMPGEnc
TMPGEnc DVD Author
Here are two clips which demonstrate the problem:
http://home.comcast.net/~tonyp2/wsb/html/view.cgi-photos.html-.html
Now, using the very same VCR on my TV this sequence remains the same eggshell white throughout, but as you can see by the examples the capture shows this odd color fluctuation. It also appears ultimately on the DVD that I created. If I play both the tape and the DVD on my TV the difference is obvious.
I will be trying to bypass parts of the capture chain to see if I can identify the cause, but I was wondering in the meantime if this is an example of the sort of thing that people here already know about.
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Could be bad VCR, Macrovision, capture software, hardware, monitor, etc.
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Yes, I suspect it will be a step by step process in identifying this, but regarding your info. If I don't see this on my 36" TV - using the same VCR - does that eliminate the bad VCR as a possibility?
And (in theory) shouldn't the AVT8710 be able to strip off the Macrovision?
(TV is a Sony Wega that, even though not ISF calibrated - has been corrected by me using both Avia and Video Essentials).
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